Welcome to the Drawing Room
The topic for today is
Thoughts and Things
A wise man changes his mind;
a fool never.
Better three hours too soon
than a minute too late.
~William Shakespeare~
He who loses money, loses much; We can do anything we want to Many complain of their memory, Luck is what happens when Great wealth makes us neither The most utterly lost of all days, It is in the enjoyment and not in mere Life has a way of overcoming its achievements Neither speak well or ill of yourself. Never give up on anybody Wisdom is a good purchase, Most people tend to drive into the future Memory tempers prosperity, The task of the leader First deserve, then desire. You can't have everything. br Where would you put it? Life's trials may be hard to bear, Genius is eternal patience. Gratitude takes three forms; High expectations are the key to everything. There are no secrets to success.
he who loses a friend, loses more;
do if we stick to it long enough.
~Helen Keller~
few of their judgement.
preparation meets opportunity.
~Elmer Letterman~
more wise nor more healthy.
is that in which you have not once laughed.
~Sebastian Roch Chamfort~
possession that makes for happiness
~Michel DeMontaigne~
as well as its ruins.
~Edith Wharton~
If well, men will not believe you; if ill,
they will believe a great deal
more than you say.
~Hubert H. Humphrey~
though we pay dearly for it.
with their eyes on the rearview mirror.
~Marshall McLuhan~
consoles adversity,
cautions youth,
and delights old age.
is to get his people
from where they are
to where they have not been
~Henry Kissinger~
~Steve Wright~
but patience can outlive them.
~Michelangelo~
a feeling in the heart,
an expression in words,
and giving in return.
~Sam Walton~
It is the result of preparation,
hard work, learning from failure.
~Gen. Colin Powell~
To a young heart everything is fun.
~Charles Dickens~
How few there are who have courage
enough to admit their faults or
resolution enough to mend them!
Ability will never catch up
with the demand for it.
Even ill luck is good for
something in a wise man's hand.
It is our responsibilities,
not ourselves,
that we should take seriously.
~Peter Ustinov~
Words may show a man's wit,
but actions show his meaning.
One of the nice things
about problems is that a good many
of them do not exist except
in our imaginations.
~Steve Allen~
Promises may get friends, but it is
performace that keeps them.
There are no riches above a sound body,
and no joy above the joy of the heart.
Genius is eternal patience.
~Michealangelo
A gem is not polished without rubbing,
nor a man perfected without trials.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
~Thomas Paine
Fate leads the willing,
but drives the stubborn.
Don't look back in anger or ahead in fear,
but around you with awareness.
~James Thurber
An open foe may prove a curse;
but a pretend friend is even worse.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is
simply calisthenics with words.br>~Dorothy Parker
The heart of a fool is in his mouth,
but the mouth of a wise man is
in his heart.
Fortune lost, nothing lost;
courage lost, much lost;
honor lost, more lost;
soul lost, ALL LOST!
If you have one true friend, you
have more than your share.
~Thomas Fuller
Patience is a tree whose root is bitter
but its fruit is very sweet.
Failure is not falling down,
but staying down!
Treat people as if they were what they
ought to be, and you will help them become
what they are capable of being.
~Johann W. von Goether